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S-video to Scart gives black/white image on TV

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If I connect my PB to my tv using S-video to S-video on the tv, all is perfect.
When I use a converter cable S-video to scart, connect the scart on the tv, all I get is black/white. Is this a setting issue? Does this mean the tv expects a different signal? No problem for my tv of course ( I use s-video) but at friends' I can't use s-video...

Oh, tv is PAL (Belgium)
Any ideas? Is there a way to send out a signal that the tv expects? (rgb vs composite or something?)
 
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If i'm right, does the converter cable have 3 leads, one video(yellow), two audio(red and white) plus you're running a s-video lead? If so, only use the s-video for video, not the yellow lead. If this isn't your set up then i dont know how to help.
 
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citystar2k said:
If i'm right, does the converter cable have 3 leads, one video(yellow), two audio(red and white) plus you're running a s-video lead? If so, only use the s-video for video, not the yellow lead. If this isn't your set up then i dont know how to help.

I'm afraid you're not. The converter has one s-video lead, and one mini jack for the sound one side, and the scart connector on the other side.

Also I've noticed, on my tv (which has both scart as s-video input), if I use the scart cable, but select the s-video input on the tv, it works fine (which made me think it's a signal encoding (or whatever) issue.)
 

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